Southern Custom
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
No I'm not engraving a T-Rex on a shotgun. I'm thinking more about me.
I noticed the digital art section of the forum today and I've never stopped in till today. After spending some time seeing what is possible with the combination of Pro Create, Ipads, photoshop and other such tools, it reminded me of something I still sorta regret.
When CAD became available to jewelers not so long ago I played around with Rhino but at the time I was also learning to engrave. I realized that either one would take a solid year of work to gain any proficiency so I had to make a choice. Engraving it was.
Now I'm looking at Pro Create etc. the same way. I'm taking a big leap forward this year with some large engraving projects in order to put together requisite material for a master engraver presentation.
Leaves me wondering if I'm once again putting myself at a disadvantage by not embracing and learning all the new technology. Am I the only dinosaur here or is paper and pencil still the predominate means of design?
Just a bit of thinking out loud today.
I noticed the digital art section of the forum today and I've never stopped in till today. After spending some time seeing what is possible with the combination of Pro Create, Ipads, photoshop and other such tools, it reminded me of something I still sorta regret.
When CAD became available to jewelers not so long ago I played around with Rhino but at the time I was also learning to engrave. I realized that either one would take a solid year of work to gain any proficiency so I had to make a choice. Engraving it was.
Now I'm looking at Pro Create etc. the same way. I'm taking a big leap forward this year with some large engraving projects in order to put together requisite material for a master engraver presentation.
Leaves me wondering if I'm once again putting myself at a disadvantage by not embracing and learning all the new technology. Am I the only dinosaur here or is paper and pencil still the predominate means of design?
Just a bit of thinking out loud today.